ACL Treatment

Aspetar’s Sports Medicine Division is Qatar’s leading centre for the management of sports-related injuries and illnesses. This management spans the entire spectrum of sports medicine care, including intensive pre-participation screening.

This is possibly the most common use of hydrotherapy in current trends and includes post operative management of patients with:

osteoporosis (read more below)

total hip and knee replacement

post spinal fusion and laminectomy

many types of fractures (read more below)

tibial osteotomies

arthroscopies

post rotator cuff surgery

multi-trauma (read more below)

and more conditions.

Benefits

When it comes to orthopaedic care, the benefits of aquatic physiotherapy are clear:

weight reduction and buoyancy

warmth and other pain relief benefits

increased movement with less pain

Whilst some patients are concerned about their wounds in the hydrotherapy pool, a number of studies have allayed these concerns about wounds. It is imperative that you don’t consider a public pool as a venue for hydrotherapy post operatively. A purpose built physiotherapy run pool will screen all clients and ensure pool chemistry and hygiene is appropriate for wounds. As a result of good post-operative results doctors and health systems have often included hydrotherapy as part of their pre-operative program in order to:

maximize strength, movement and health

assist in reduction of waiting lists and avoid surgery

postpone need for surgery

Hip fractures

Traumatic fractures hips (fractured neck of femur) occur usually in older adults after a fall. There is often an associated wait for surgery, pain and loss of confidence and independence. Many who have had a fracture will then move less and get weaker in an effort to avoid future falls. This creates a cycle that leads to decreased strength, reduced balance and response times and increased frailty and loss of independence. Hydrotherapy exercise is often recommended. The water is often the place where these clients will move more and incorporate more strength, endurance speed and challenge to their movement as their fear of falling is reduced when in the pool. This is not only good for the body but the mind and soul!

Multi-trauma

Our practice has had extensive experience with multi-traumas, including:

post motor vehicle accident

multiple fractures

pelvic fractures

work place injuries

after other traumatic situations

Water can be the ideal place to begin rehabilitation, especially if the patient is non-weight bearing on one or both legs. With varying water depth we can progress weight bearing gradually from 0% to 10%, then 20-30% up to 100 % with much more accuracy than on land.